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- IHBC’s ‘Special Thanks’ to 2025’s Student Award entrants, as 49 seek prizes (to £500) & places at #IHBCNewcastle2026 17/10/2025
- IHBC welcomes Campaign for National Parks success as ‘plans to weaken protected landscapes duty quietly dropped’ 17/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: Traditional and historic buildings – a new Retrofit British Standard, an update from IHBC’s John Edwards, with joint CPD webinar 14/11 17/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £495K+ of weekly works: Welsh Council seeks team for urban hub, to 31/10 and c.£75K 17/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’ (& ‘Evaluation’ signpost!): ‘History of the Pioneering Stockton and Darlington Railway’ via HE 17/10/2025
- National Audit Office: Weak controls and oversight blamed for faulty home installations under energy efficiency scheme 17/10/2025
- New UK Town of Culture competition to celebrate our national story 17/10/2025
- THA Call for Case Studies for Heritage Debate 2025, to 24/10 17/10/2025
- New Towns Taskforce: Report to government published 17/10/2025
- Communities to ‘seize control over high streets and restore pride’ 17/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Creative Health – UK & Ireland State of the Sector Survey, to 31 October 17/10/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, featuring Past President Mike Brown’s Vox Pop 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s Communications and Outreach Strategy 2025-28 now online 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s Annual School ‘Save the Date’ notice & Home Page launch: IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School, 18-20 June, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ & up to 20 hours CPD – accessible, interdisciplinary, cost-effective 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: GII Coventry Baths demolition approved by Historic England 14/10/2025
- Government responds to Parliamentary Report on Home Retrofitting with £13.2bn programme 14/10/2025
- HH: Lack of support from Scottish Government threatening heritage tourism sector 14/10/2025
- People across the country set to benefit from £4M boost to improve accessibility to arts and culture: Open to 14/11 14/10/2025
- THA’s Heritage and Placemaking Survey and Call for Case Studies – they want to hear from you… by 17 October 14/10/2025
- BSRIA: Wellbeing in Buildings (TG 10/2025) 14/10/2025
- ‘Remaking the relationship between citizens and the built environment’, a blog via Demos 14/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Heritage home in Canada demolished despite Heritage Act 14/10/2025
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ reaches across disciplines, levels & sectors, from charities – led here by Scotland & CEOs – to Officers (LG) Inspectors (HE) & more 10/10/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, offers insights into ‘The world of generative AI’ 10/10/2025
- IHBC welcomes Gardens Trust report into the role of historic parks and gardens in the 21st century 10/10/2025
Daily Archives: 17/09/2022
Serious about your career? ‘IHBC’s Jobs etc.’ posts diverse roles, from govt. & church bodies to public, private & 3rd sector, volunteering & more
To help connect employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, the IHBC regularly updates NewsBlog readers on the diverse opportunities in our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so be sure to sign up for free alerts and ‘stay ahead’ with the our unique … Continue reading
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IHBC Supporters: Free 1-hour online guidance sessions on making an Affiliate application – Book now for Thursday 13/10, 1PM (CPD Certified)
The IHBC is delighted to offer our Supporter members free 1-hour online advice sessions that show just how straightforward our Affiliate application actually is, with the next session scheduled on Zoom at 1pm on Thursday 13th October, booking HERE.
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Free Level 3 Award in ‘Energy Efficiency Measures for Older and Traditional Buildings’ in Wales (T&Cs): Swansea, 10/11 October
IHBC Wales trustee John Edwards has highlighted the opportunity for qualifying candidates – subject to age, income and residence – to access free retrofit training in Swansea on 10/11 October.
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IHBC’s HESPR weekly pick: UK professional body seeks Education etc. Officer, from £200/day + exp., closes 01/10
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick for this week is a call from a UK professional body … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (civic) doorstep’: MP joins residents’ protest in last-minute bid to halt demolition of local landmark
Theresa Villiers, MP for Chipping Barnet, has stepped in to support residents in a renewed attempt to stop the demolition of 33 Lyonsdown Road, New Barnet, a locally-listed Victorian villa reports The Barnet Society. image: The Barnet Society website
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (construction) doorstep’: Restoration of world’s first iron-framed building Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings complete
An eight-year process to restore the oldest iron-framed building in the world, Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings, known as the ‘grandparent of skyscrapers’, has finally reached its end, announces Construction Management Now. image: Context 159, Main Mill, historic photo – Shropshire Archives
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Truss says new housing secretary will look at curtailing PINS powers to ‘overrule’ councils
The new Prime Minister is ‘expecting’ her new housing secretary to look at curtailing the powers of the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) as it is ‘too easy’ for the body to overrule local authorities. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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England housing strategy could consume over 100% of the nation’s carbon budget according to a new research paper
New research on the future carbon emissions etc. impacts on nature from England’s current housing strategy estimates that by 2050 12% of the carbon budget for 1.5°C could be consumed by newbuilds, and 92% by the everyday emissions from the … Continue reading
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Architectural workers initiate historic strike ballot
Workers at London-based architectural practice Atomik Architecture (Atomik) will ballot for strike action, in what could be the first ever strike by private-sector architectural workers in the UK.
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Celebrate Scotland’s Climate week (from 26/09) with an Engine Shed ‘Short Guide’ on ‘Climate Change Adaptation…’
Scotland’s Climate week starts on Monday 26 September and Scotland’s ‘Engine Shed’ has produced a Short Guide about how to enhance and upgrade key aspects of a traditional building. These could provide protection against the elements.
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